Syracuse Hancock International Airport

Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Hancock Field Air National Guard Base
Characteristics
ICAO code	KSYR
IATA code	SYR
Coordinates	43 ° 6 '40 "  N , 76 ° 6' 23"  W Coordinates: 43 ° 6 '40 "  N , 76 ° 6' 23"  W
Height above MSL	128 m (420  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	8 km northeast of Syracuse
Street
Basic data
opening	1928
operator	Syracuse Regional Airport Authority
surface	809 ha
Terminals	1 with 2 concourses
Passengers	2,073,140 (2017)
Air freight	17,981 t (2017)
Flight movements	68,360 (2017)
Runways
06/24 (closed)	994 m × 46 m concrete
10/28	2744 m × 46 m asphalt
15/33	2286 m × 46 m asphalt

Air Force MQ-9 drone

The Syracuse Hancock International Airport ( IATA code : SYR , ICAO code : KSYR ) is the commercial airport of the American city Syracuse in the US state of New York . The US military also uses part of the site and calls it the Hancock Field Air National Guard Base .

Location and transport links

Syracuse Hancock International Airport is eight kilometers northeast of downtown Syracuse. The Interstate 81 and US Highway 11 running west of the airport. Interstate 90 also runs around one kilometer south of the airport. The Syracuse Hancock International Airport is not involved in local public transport , passengers have to use rental cars, taxis and similar offers.

history

Airport diagram

prehistory

The first airport in Syracuse was built on the initiative of Charles Hanna , a pilot of the First World War . When choosing the location in 1927, the city of Syracuse decided on Old Hinsdale Field, west of the city in Camillus . This had already been bought last year for 50 thousand USD . Airmail was first delivered through the airport in 1928 . In the 1930s, Ford Trimotor was mainly used for this.

Construction of the airport

On December 31, 1941, 24 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor , the leadership of the United States Army Air Corps authorized the construction of a military airfield north of Syracuse. In 1942, three runways, each 5,500 feet and 1,676 meters in length, were built in a triangular shape for $ 16 million . Pilots for the Boeing B-17 and the Consolidated B-24 were trained on the base called Mattydale Bomber Base after the nearest town . Repairs were also carried out on the same types of bombers.

On July 22, 1946, the city of Syracuse took control of the Mattydale Bomber Base. Two years later the airport was rededicated as a commercial airport. The official opening of the civilian Clarence E. Hancock Airport took place on September 17, 1949. At the beginning, a workshop at the southwest end of the airport was used as an airport terminal after a renovation . The inaugural flight was operated by Colonial Airlines two days later . The facilities at the southeast end of the airport have been used by the New York Air National Guard as the Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in parallel since they were redesignated .

In order to get quick access to the planned Interstate 81 , a new passenger terminal was built in the center of the three runways and opened in 1962. As a result, the northwest runway was shortened 06/24, it is now completely closed. In 1970, the airport received approval from the ICAO to handle international flights. Therefore the name was changed to Syracuse Hancock International Airport .

Airlines and Destinations

Syracuse Hancock International Airport is used by Allegiant Air , American Airlines / American Eagle , Delta Air Lines / Delta Connection , Frontier Airlines , Jetblue Airways and United Airlines / United Express . There are 24 destinations exclusively located in the United States , including the hubs of the individual airlines.

Traffic figures

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes (2018)

rank	city	Passengers	Airlines
01	Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois	182.780	American / American Eagle , Frontier , United / United Express
02	Atlanta , Georgia	139,280	delta
03	Charlotte , North Carolina	120,560	American / American Eagle
04th	New York – JFK , New York	102,950	JetBlue , Delta Connection
05	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania	078,390	American Eagle
06th	Detroit , Michigan	074,300	Delta / Delta Connection
07th	Newark , New Jersey	058,840	United Express
08th	New York – LaGuardia , New York	054,780	Delta Connection
09	Washington – National , Washington, DC	053,900	American Eagle
10	Orlando , Florida	051,390	Allegiant , Frontier, JetBlue

Incidents

• On October 5, 2015, American Airlines Flight 550 had to make an emergency landing at the airport after the pilot died during the flight. The Airbus A320 with 147 passengers and 5 crew members on board was on its way from Phoenix to Boston . The copilot was able to land the machine safely. After a crew change, the flight was continued.

Web links

Commons : Syracuse Hancock International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Syracuse Hancock International. GCR1.com, accessed October 3, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} North America Airport Rankings. ACI-NA.org , accessed April 10, 2019 . 
3. ^ Public Transportation. SYRAirport.org, accessed April 10, 2019 . 
4. ^ History. SYRAirport.org, accessed January 22, 2017 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Airlines. SYRAirport.org, accessed April 10, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Destinations. SYRAirport.org, accessed April 10, 2019 . 
7. ^ Syracuse Hancock International Airport. Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed April 10, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Pilot dies in flight: emergency landing. FAZ.net , October 6, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2017 .